Cake and pie crust perforator



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EUGENE V/ Patented Aug. 23, 1938 1 'UNHTED" STATES PATENT OFFIQE- CAKE AND PIE CRUST PERFORATO-R Eugene Vinzent Panther, Baltimore, Md., assignor of one-half to John H. Miller, Baltimore, Md.

Application April 23, 1937, Serial No. 138,637

1 Claim. (Cl. 107-15) This invention refers to food baking equipment l4 serves to keep the handle bar H in line and and more particularly to a perforator for pie operating properly. The shaft l3 and guide crusts and cakes. Its main objects include the member M are supported above the upper plane of making of a device or machine that will mechanithe table top 3 by side brackets l5. The shaft is 5 cally perforate pie crusts and the like in order to rotated by a motor I6 through suitable gearing l I. 5 improve the resulting product and shorten the The conveyor is of flexible type supported on end baking process, and to provide an arrangement for rollers l8 attached to the table invbearings l 9 on positively relieving excess gas or steam from the their shafts 20. The conveyors pass across the dough while being baked. The object, is to have table and openings 4 as indicated in the drawings,

10 the device simple in construction and effective in under the brushes 6 and over metal plates 2|. 10 action, and capable of handling one or more pie These plates serve to make the conveyors rigid crusts at a time and with an automatic action. while passing under the brushes, and enable the Other objects will become apparent as the invenpie crusts, in their metal receptacles, to get the tion is more fully set forth. proper force of the blows when struck by the per- While perforators for pie crusts have been proforating brushes. A coil spring 22 is provided in 15 vided in the past, the purpose of such has been connection with each handle H to give it resilprimarily for designating the type or kind of pie iency and a return movement as the respective it is, since, with the pie crust on, difficulty is excam member retreats. The conveyors may be opperienced in determining what each is, specifierated by any suitable means, such as a motor 23,

cally. In such cases, only the upper crust of the gearing 21, but for small installations, the con- 20 pie is perforated, and that in a limited form. In veyors are simply pushed along by hand, after the this invention, the top and bottom crusts of the pie crusts are perforated. pie are perforated. The purpose of this is to The operation of the device is as follows. The eliminate the possibility of bubbles forming and pie crust, in its container pan 24 is placed on the 5 undue breaking of the crust which will otherwise conveyor belt and positioned under the perforat- 25 occur. Further, by having the crusts perforated ing brush and held there. completely, that is, uniformly and closely across The brush brings down its spikes into the pie its entire surface, the pie crust is better, more percrust dough as the cam member l2 forces down fectly baked, and keeps its shape better. The on the end of the handle bar II. This makes the perforators consist of a suitably spiked brush desired holes, the adjustment being such as to 30 which strikes into the dough of the raw pie crust, prevent injury to the pan. As the cam retreats,

operated at intervals by suitable mechanism, after the handle bar with its brush attached, rises which the pie crust is carried to the bake oven or under the influence of the spring 22 and allows the shelf. pie crust and pan to be pushed out of the way.

In the construction shown in the drawings: The same process is utilized on the other brush Figure 1 shows the side view of a perforating and pie crust. If it is desired to have the oncomdevice embodying this invention, partly in section, ing pies conveniently placed, a plane surface or Figure 2 is an end view of the device, and table 34 may be placed in front of the table as Figure 3 is a view of the brush and spikes showindicated, and a receiving table 35 on the outing a preferred arrangement or design for perfogoing end. Suitable rollers 26 are placed along ration of the pie crust dough. the travel of the conveyor to be aligned properly Similar reference characters refer to similar and prevent sagging. I, parts throughout the drawings. While but one form of the invention is shown In the drawings, l is a table of somewhat conin the drawings it is not desired to limit this apventional form having supporting legs 2 to place plication for patent to the specific form or conthe top 3 at a suitable operating height. The top struction indicated, otherwise than limited by the is provided with openings 4 for the operation of prior art, as it is appreciated that other construca conveyor 5 in each. A perforating brush 6 retion might be made that would employ the same ciprocates above each conveyor and consists of a principles and come Within the scope of the apgo brush back I, with spikes 8 arranged to suit the pended claim.

form of the pie crust It, so as to uniformly per- Having thus described the invention, what is forate same closely with holes 9. A handle bar claimed is:-

H is adjustably secured to the back of the brush In a pie crust perforating machine, the combiand raises and lowers same under the action of a nation of a table adapted to receive and support cam l2 mounted on ashaft A guid m b pie plate containers, each container being ar- 10 the diverging side walls of the pie crust in the container as the brush back is reciprocated, a frame for supporting and guiding the brush back in its reciprocating movement, a spring connected with the back and acting thereon to actuate the same in one direction, a cam mechanism for actuating the back against the action of the spring in a reciprocating manner, and means for supporting and operating the cam mechanism.

EUGENE VINZENT PANTHER. 

